A trio of Lincolnshire schools which experimented with shorter summer holidays have decided to abandon the project - because it didn't help anyone.

Tall Oaks Academy Trust in Gainsborough will revert back to the traditional summer break after reviewing the move.

The three schools in the group - White's Wood Academy, Mercer's Wood Academy and Castle Wood Academy - wanted to offer more flexibility to parents and boost attendance figures by chopping down the summer holidays from six weeks to four.

But executive head teacher Sue Wilson has now confirmed it will not continue.

"There wasn't really any evidence from sources that we looked at - we evaluated it, we reviewed it - that it had a successful impact," she told the BBC.

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When the move was brought in two years ago, extra weeks were added to terms in September and November along with two weeks in May, with the aim to help learning and also allow parents to take their children on holiday during off-peak times.

It coincided with more parents receiving fines for unauthorised term-time holidays to avoid peak prices.